The Sun. — London, England, 1809-10-14 00:00:00

leg w , . , . .„ • . manifested in Love in a tilla g e, which is one of rim very best 'w rks of the kind that the English Stage 1 11-• every d rodoced, apd which should be always - kept n. its original state. We ought not to conclude ;IA It bout hinting that in the Statute scene somewhat less of the spirit of gallantry would nave been more acceptable to the audience in eileral ) however well • calculated to gratify the 'Galleries.. ' i -, ‘l, l 0 , .44 0 1 0, I 1 I 4 \ , ; I FOR THE SUN. cIImP;IIGh7 1N SPieN. 'MR. EDITOR, Thoogh your'Ciirrespondent who subscribes hia telt " A FRIEND TO (51.. p DRURY," has libetally taken up the cause of those actors and'aetresses who, aceOrding to 'report, had been discharged by the fOr rner Managers of the Drury-Lane Company,. -yet he , totally torgot the pertornuers iii the Orchestra, who. 'had their tull share in the calamitous destrutlion,of the Theatre, and - who areeittitled to every kind' of protection which - the performers on the stage ottglit `in - general to have received from the liberal grant of the LORD CHAMBERLMN. Yet, if lam rightly in formed, Mr. EDITOR, some perfOrmerS of eminence in their respective departments have, to speak in ministerial language, " not been incladed in the ar taugetnents7 tor draMatiC representations at the Lyceum, for the advantage of the Drury-Lane Corte petty. It cannot be doubted, Mr. Editor, that when the per•on or persons applied to the LORD CRAM 33EttLAIN for a licence in behllt of the Drury-lane Cotnpany, the Noble Lord must have consented, un der a full persuasion I . liitt he was extending his kind ness co the whole of that Company, comprehend. ing every member of it who suffered by the destruc.; CAI of the theatre, and therefore if Performers haire been discharged without due reason, his, Lord t-nevolent intentions have not been fulfilled; and 'the discarded performers, by an appeal to the cando,if and justice .of the Noble Lord, might be Sine of redr,ss. it was natural to suppose that the . propridOr of the Lyceuta in any arrangement for opeaibgjiiS Theatre tiocier the " Special License" WhiCb,:the LORD CHAMBERLAIN has granted, would'enddvour , to secure situations for those performers who - had belonged to his Theatre, under his own imme diate license, but it was the bounden .duty of the Drury-lane Manager's to let no person be added to former 'company, 'unless to supply vacancies, occasioned by the absence, voluntary, or by permis sion; of any of that Co:npany, as for instance, 'ivory, BANN - S: DIGNUM . , and Mrs. JORDAN. But it doeS not appear that any person belonging to the Drury-lafie Band w!is disposed to resign his si tuation, - or to apply foc leave of absence. Yet, Sir, 1. if I nave been rightly informed, .many of the old brary-lane Ban d have not been included in the new 'arrangement, and among others, Mr. SHAW', the -Leader, and Mr. CoNDELL, whose abilities as Cam poser as well as performer are highly esteemed; and - who are both in the full possession of their powers. Is this conduct iiberali just, and such as aft LORD CHANIBERLAIN could possibly have supposed would 'take place, when he granted the license in favour of a Company who bad teen turned loosb on the world by a dreadful event which, under the - eircurnstanc6 attending the property that bad becu destroyed, left the m destitute ~f all reasonable hope of an asylum in'A future theatre ? iam far from meaning to in= h?ilate, that the Orchestra of the Lyceum during CIO summer situation. season are not fully competent to their On ;h e contrary, I admit that they are excellent performers,' tut they are not members of thtDrory-i:i --lie Company, and therefore are not the peosons.to whom the LORI) CIAAMBEIILAINI mttst pe culiarly nave intended to afford prOtediou• t)dt. t. A FRIEND Tb luslact. We haVe been favoured with letters from Anholt; Of the 18th bit. 'troth which we have extracted the 1°11 " ing particulars :,-•• fExTR A , cr 'Or A LETTER FRoNt ANiioLT, SEP.TE - NI sit IS'ER 18; 1803. , aaM extrc•rriely sorry to acquaint you ) that R . ednitoy of 2'a3 sail has been dispersed in a tiernen don't storm, on the night of the 17th, close to this Wand: It wis under convoy of his Majesty's ships dirdeni, Owen Glendow6-, Champion, and Avenger. the .yeather was so dreadtul that it was impossible' to see twenty yards before you. Several ' - iitip are at present on sh o r e , w i thout hope of saving thft3 s happily no lives, ate lost. Our officers and men Isent off to their aid; through a - d,readfol surf, and brought ,the crews on shore. • The ships' names are, the Prosperity, NORRUZY.; Charles ] ; 'Anna Catherina, FRIEDLAND ; and Balance, J. E. GaosE, all bound to London. " His Majesty's ship Ardent is on shota. We have left every thing else to proceed to her assist ance ; 73 men are landed from the wreck. The garrison is at present . only provided with six weeks PrOViSiPM (TRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, THE mire: Drri. " - W'y'e have got otithe Ardent; but there is not the smallest prospe6l of saving any thing from the therehant ships, Three of them are gone to pieces. The shores of Anholt present a dismal spectacle.— Thousands of bales of flax are lying on the beach en tirely spoiled. " 1.. t is tortunate that we are in possession of this tittle.islauil. The 105f, , ->s would otherwise have beet t n a ni tn e bti ns , e_ gl b: i t l h io. property and ‘ men. A valuable . 11) 1133 been got off the reef. The spirit that Ira val e s this little garrison is highly ho nourable to thet; the met) vied with each other in their exertions; they pulled through the surf to go , to the assistance of the Prosperity, and got an empty galliot tinder weigh, to give help to the Ardent,•when the gunner of the Avenger, in vain, mad e th e same attempt. We have picked up a brig without a soul on board; laden with plank and iron, diarriasted ; her name we suppose is the Carl Gustajj, but uo , paper's are on board. " The flag' of truce is returvied,, which was-some time ago sent to Jutland. - The King of DENMARK says, he will not suffer our lights to slime; ; 'after the fleet passes down. His officers are contiiinally urg ing him to attack this place —we are. prepared fur their reception." Poputy Commissary Gvneral BrssET arrived yes terdliy looming at the Secre . iitry - of Mate's Office, with utsl , ltcut.3 troll] Sir EY 1:1i. COPT,e, et 'Vial - • • t tilt Nil. . . 1 Talavera, and that General Wellesley had recoria's - .4 MEILiC ...-I NIND EP 13 AMEN CE. , . „..—., • ~ . ' mended to turn4ooo wounded, whom he had been - —.......,—. . . , ntatacn. OFFICIAL REPORT CONTINUED. I Obliged to leave beltinci him in that town..". • . . • - an . - Mars-hal the Duke of Belluno advanced on the ' tTlie charaaer of Ittionaparte, which we lately gave froth At nine inathe morning- of the' 29th, the ai y • the celebrated Oration delivered by Mr. Tudor, at Boston, in 7th to Talavera, with his whole corps of the army. was cencentrated on the left bank of the ,Alberche. The'enemy's army had . not been completely rooted, .The same day the cavalry of the first corps formed commemoration of the Anniversary bf American Independ but it had sustained stieheonsiderable lOssa that it a Junction . '• at Oropesa,, and at Puente de l'Arzo Bispo, • ence, was drawn with consummate ability. The following was impossible it could resume offensive operations with the troops of the Duke of Dalmatia. . passages, with which the Speech conclusles, will be found ~ Marshal the Duke of Belluno, by his junction with no less worthy of attention.] for some _ time. This was a sufficient motive ~to , .the Duke of Dalrnatia, afforded your Majesty tacili await the arrival of Marshal the 'Duke of Dalmatia, - ty to act against Venegas. You. judged that the ree which could not fail to accompliali the destruction • Of that army, unlesa it made hasty retreat to the building of the bridges of Aranjuez, world be a long ~ . . and difficult work, an .a it would d th t left bank of the Tagus. ' danger 'l after disabling the English army and that ' 'Ohs to three the, passage of the Tagus at Toledo, of Cuesta from advancing, the principal point was to where We, had remained masters of the bridges. save Toledo, which was briskly attacked" by the:left : You therefore nn gave, orders that the 4th corps and bank of the Tagus, and to cover Madrid, which the reserve should set out on . the evening of the was threatened by the army of Ventgaa, wh o 4 , a d . 7th, and proceed to Olias and Bargas. On the Bth, vanced posts were at Valdemoro. " . Your m ajest y, • General Leval 's division entered Toledo, The di in - consequence; judged that the objea of the pas- . vision of "dragoons, under the command of General sage of the Alberche was accomplished ,that; ,i, . the • .M .ll d • dorders to take post in front of the i laU , receive ;ford of Pinover .del TajO., losses sustained by the enemy had spread oej'eetien BATTLE OF, Td.I.,EDO. ~ , . „ among his troops; and that the Ist corps, - posted in I 1 , In the night .between the -t3th and Oth, all the the same position which it had occupied when the 'troops of the 4th corps, with the exception of the enemy Commenced offensive operations, wotild be : division of General Mi;haud, were concentrated at • sufficient to keep in check his beaten and discou- To r ledb. On the 9th, before day-breA, Gen. Se- . raged army. • The tst corps, therefore, took' up a baatiani passed the bridge of Toledo a witloa few bat position behind the Alberche, and your Majesty tations, surprised the, enemy's out-posts, and oectia went and encamped, with the 4th corps and your pied the nearest heights. The division of the enemy reserve, at Santa Olalla. The division of light Ca • that occupied the strong position in front of Toledo, valry, under Gen. Merlin, tollowed_the movement i which commanded the city, the river, and the. of the 4th corps. . bridles, consisted of between 6 anci 70'...0 mem—, • On the 30th, your Majesty,. with the 4th corps •T hey hey at first attempted to prevent i he 4th cotps from and your reserve, fixed yourself at Barges and Olias, debouchina, but being charged with the bayonet, near Toledo. One whole division of infantry enter ed Toledo; and the division of dtagoons, command-, they wer:sp . eedily routed and pursued at the point ' ed by General 'Milhaud, pushed on towards Anoner of the bayonet, as far as the plain. They fell back upon Aiotain. -The 4th corps took post with the del Tajo, between Toledo and'Arattjuez, where, it right wing at Burgillos, and the left at Nernbroca.— was reported, there was a ford, by which the enemy On entering the latter village, the light cavalry of made demonstrations to pass the Tagus, v. ith a view General Moulin came up wit 11 . a party of the - enemy's to proceed to Toledo. ' cavalry, almost all of whom were taken ; and from On the 31st, the 4th corps and the reserve t an Officer of Engineers, one of the prisoners, we rested. . - l In the night between the 3 1 st July and the titearnt, that the whole of the enemy's army was Augugt; Marshal the Duke of Belluno informed i marching to assemble in front of Toledo, and that the division to which he was attached was already your Majesty, 'that he was apprised that the Engloth at Almonacid, about a league and a half from - army still remained At Ta.avera, with that of - Cu- , Nembroea. , . esta ; and that a - Portuguese column had pAs soon aS den. Sel*tiani made himself masterut itself in motion among the, Mountains, to tan the right of . the first corps he added; that, in conse uence oi a of the position of Toledo, he sent orders to Genet al this intelligence ? , he should quit his posi ; q tion, and nil - laud to seize the ford at Anover del Tojo, to retire upon Magneda. On the other hand, . your fall down the Tagus; and to surprise all the enemy's Majesty was informed, that Venegas had withdrawn troops that might be upon the high road from Aran from • . • ' ? • from before Toledo part of his troops , Bobo had juez to Toledo. The passage was effeeled with uncommon ititre, attacked' that •place ; that - he was concentrating his .' pidity by the division of Milhaud. The 9th, at six forces upon Aranjuez, and that he manifested an in- o'clock in the evening,, two battalions and three tention of `marching towards Madrid. Your-Ma squadrotis, that defended. the ford, were ever in jesty then thought fit to post the 4 th - corps and the reserve in such a manner, as to enable them to ad- +, pieces or made prisoners ; and our division passed sauce rapidly either upon the Ist corps, to impe d e.' the night in front of the gates of Toledo, on the left , the march of the combined and discomfited arm bank ot the Tagus. y ; The same day, the 9th, your Majesty moved with or upon Vehegas, if his artily attempted to march ' the reserve towards Toledo. towards Madrid. . The 10th,. the division of Milhaud, formed n itinc- Your Majesty ; in 'consequence, ordered that a garrison .should be left at .Toledo, under the com- tion with the 4th corps.. Your Majesty ordered mand of the Adjutant-ComtnaLtant Mocquerey, Gen. Dessolles to post the brigade of Gen. Godinot and alto 07th'regiment of horse chasseurs, form whom - you appointed Governor of that place, and - ins , part of the reserve; in the rear of the 4th corps. 'Your Majesty remained with your guard at Toledo; take up a position, on the ast August, at Illeseas.— : Gen, Sebastiani reconnoitred the position occupied General 'Milhaud received oidars to send out strong by the enemy's army at Airnotricid. parties of cavalry in the direction of Valdemoro, to watch theanotions of the army of Venegas. Vene- • ENGAGEMENT OF ALMONACID. gas caused his advanced posts to fall bads, and merely tThe t 1 th, in the morning; your Majesty march ept an advanced guard . oh the right bank of the Ta- ed • from : Toledo , with your guard, to join- the gus, in front of Aranjuez.—August the 2d and i 3d, 4th corps. The firing. of artillery soon apprised ' the 4th corps and the reserve remained n their your Majesty that the enemy were resolved- to ha zardpO an engagement. Your Majesty rapidly pro- August the td, the Duke 'of Belluno informed ceeded with the 4th corps. On your arrival you your Majesty by letter, that the enemy appeared in found the battle already begun. You personally ! direaTed ; the subsequent military operations. I can the direelion of Escalona, ,on the right bank of the Alberche ; that the parties which had been sent hot better describe the occurrences of this glorious. from Escalona to Numbella had been attacked by clay, than by laying before your Majesty the report some trbopS of the enemy's cavalry. The Marshal of en. Sebastiani. ' G added; that be had gent two regiments of .dragoons with orders to-observe what was passing •driere ; anU that if he learned that the enemy Was - ^ dire6l-. Ing his course to that point, he, would retire upon Mostolese; but that, in the contrary case, heshould remain at Maqueda. c . , The Report of the Duke of Belluno did not an nounce the march of - the combined army : it re lated only to Wilson's corps, which manifested an intention of annoying the right of the first corps. • YoUr Majesty theii thought that it was not yet time to join the Ist corps - with the '4th, and -the reserve ; but with a view to facilitate their junc tion, if it should he found necessary, you 'ptoceeded with / your reserve, in the night between the Sd and 4th 'of August ; to Mostolese, and the 4th corps re-- mained at Illescas, to continue to watch the Army of Venegas. , . -- • Fresh Reports addressed to your Majesty on the 4th, by Marshal the Duke of Belluno, stated, that the combined army had not yet advanced, that it hold only pushed on some cavalry towards Santa Oland, and that the corps which was at Ntimbella was not supported by a considerable body, as it had been repotted that it would. The Marshal added, that lie had -made arrangetnents for attacking- Ce neral Wilson at Numbella, on the morning 'of the sth. • . Your Majesty left Mostolese in the night between the 4th and sth, to proceed •towards Valdemoro. General Sebastiani received orders to advance like wise with the 4th corps, fronilltescaa to Valdemoro, where your Majesty immediately directed it to pur-. sue the road -of - Aranjuez, in order to attack the ad vanced guard of die army of Venegas, which was on the 'right bank orthe Tagus, bet Ween that river and the Tajona. Your Majesty's orders were executed. The advanced guard of Venegas, 10,000 strong, was routed, and obliged to fall back on the left bank of Tagus. The enemy destroyed his bridges. On the tith, the 4th corps and the reserve remaieed• in their position. , ' . a Marshal the Duke of Belluno, by letter of :the .' sth August, acquainted'your Majesty, that Vilatte's' division which had been diretled to-attack General Wilson at . .i.umbella, had found noenewy there; that General Wilson had retired on - the 4111, and that the inhabitants of Numbella stated his retreat to have been occasioned by the arrival of a corps of French troops at Placentia. . Marshal the Duke. ofißelluno wenton the 6th to Santa Oialla ; from which place he acquainted yOur :Majesty, that the Anglo-Spanish army:had quitted Talavera on the 4th, proceeding towards Pacentia ; that the cavalry of the Ist corps would that day reach " The fate of Holland, of Switzerland, the free cities of Germany, Venice, Genoa, Geneva, and the other republics of Europe, is a twice-told tale, that The . follo*ing' are extrals from some of our let ters by the Gottenburgh,Mail " GOTTENBURGH, OCT. 6.—A number of ships, destined to England from the Sound, have put in here. Some of them are damaged in a brisk gale during their passage ,by Helsingharg. Apprehen sions are entertained for a ship of 500 tons, with .hemp, which did not arrive with the convoy." GOTTENBUROH, , OCT. G.—Peace has been signed between Sweden acid Russia, after airing- delay in negociation. The main article it contains is,. that . our ports are to be shut against Great Britain; but as to any other particUlars we know nothing, as the treaty has not been received here from Stockholm." GOTTENBURGH,OCT. 6.-.---You will have learnt before this arrives in England, that Peace has, been • at length concluded by a treaty between this country 'and Russia; a peke injurioua to both countries, which Britain will feel, but which Sweden will feel more. Those who take a general view of the situ ation of the two nations, will, however, perceive . that all intercourse cannot be put an end to: - " The treaty rye have not seen, but we are in hourly expectation of, receiving it. Indeed, it has , been said, that it has aanally arrived here,. but I haVe not been able to see or to obtain it. Some 'of the, contents haVe transpired, and among other arti cles it is reported to comprize one, which provides that British colonial prodnee , and salt, manulaCtured in England, shou'd be admitted, into the ports. of Sweden in neutral vessels- If this- be the case, the prospe& is,not so dark as it at first appeared to be, and the commerce may yet be maintained indireCtly between the two kingdoms. " We.,have no news to communicate ; but it has, been several times rumoured, on various authorities, that the armistice on the'Danube had been .broken, and the war commenced yet people have ceased now to believe it. Letters from -Bremen lately ar- - rived make no mennon of the subje6t." • On Tuesday nigh:, about eleven o'clock, as the • 'watchman of Dean's Yard, Westminster, was going kis round's, he found on the steps of one of the boarding-houses a Lady, in great distress of mind, - and apparently just from her chamber, having on a lung white flight-gown, which' may hereafter lead •to a discovery of her person, &e. Her entreaty to the watchman was in a language ,riot understood.— She was taken to the public-house adjoining, and was put to bed ; but, to the astonisianent of the . people of the 'loose, in the morning she was gone, leaving nothing behind her butthe gown she had on when taken in, on which there are initials and a fo . reign coronet. has become wearisome to ihe ear and indifferent wo the mind. Yet that the %voila may not waft warn- ings, every year produces soluc more iiortentous, to . rouse intatitatiou from its letilaegy. Lct us estimate the policy of Bunt - lap:tile by a consideration of the . - state Of S aiii. The otj.er cOnqaests wire perhaps necessary to his power. 'those nations ware nu vitillitig to Sacrifice their interests and submit to his ruinous despolism..--But Spain, in what manner had she actteti ? " Spain, long oppressed by a variety of abuses, enfeebled by a train of corruptions, and in the very dotage oldesponsw,,could soil boast, " that the sun never set on iler dominions An cn::rvateticourt, though persohally bound to avenge the destruaion of the principal branch of their family, was otie of . the first to conclude a peace with the revolutionary government of France. FroM that perjod her blood and treasure have been sacrificed Ail the cause of that country. Without single objek'.l of her own to gain; she sent her fleets to be.sacrificed, ex , , , esed her colonies to capture, and poured the wealth of America into the insatiable jaws of France. To Napoleon the subservience has still been greater. The sword of Francis I. was surrendered to him, and if there be any choice among hutni- liations, one of the last which a nation sh — ould be willing to suffer, is the setrrender Of national trophies avittory. In aid cy his personal ambition, she sent the flower of her- army to the North of Europe, to obee his orders, while, with more than Trojan in fatuation, She admitted his troops into her citadels. " He was, in the mean time, carrying distrust and enmity into the deluded family of the Sovereign. A scene of intrigues and changes followed, confused and mysterious, the relation of which conjures up ideas of secret perfidy and murder, till we seem op pressed, as if breathing the pestif-roes atmosphere of a dungeon. He approaches to. thcirontiers, and invites them to repose confidence Si him, and sArer him so be the disinterested arbiter Ot their difficulties. Promises of friendship and good-will ate sho,Cered upon t hem, andGrandOrlicers of the Legion of Honour are employed in giving the most solemn pledges of good faith and security, to hasten the coafirmation of the blackest treecheiy. With incredible infatuation this bewildered family and their bsse favourites, vain ly confiding in him Who owed them so much, enter the territories of France—no friend to warn them of the certain deStinv that awaits them. The guards - • one passed—the last of the Isourtions are prisoners to this soldier of chance, and the eltipire of Spain and the Indies; their fortune, and their fame were lost for ever " He cannot allege that he has done this - to be nefit Spain, and tenovate her power, because it i.s no torions, .he could have ditated what measu' r.s he pleased to the Spanish Court. The SalllC men who w ere held in disgraCe by the Minister who had been so long the creature of France, were banished from all concern in affairs, because they wished to introduce reforms. They are now at the head of their couniry-tnen who have resisted the invader, and who may yet drive him from their territory.—. The rriernorable defence of Se.rragossa is a noble contrast to the base treason and cowardice whit which so many cities in other parts of Europe have been ceded. Let the patriotic Spaniards persevere. What cause isdesperate, when the situation of Ame riCa in the winter of 4776 is reineinbered ? " If Abet]; nay countrymen; neither the rights of independent States, nor the strongest claims of stria alliance, and personal obligation.; mit her the fear ,of exposure; por any respect for the opi nion of mankind, can deter this man from prose cuting his plan of aggrandizement, what reasons haVe we to think ourselves secure ?--Our distance, the - bravery and patriotism of . . our Citizens,, w ill be ~t,he,anseve.r. The distance, the rolling ocean, are the impediments with which drivelling, s e lf- Satistied.pOliticians have atla ed our solicitude. Have we not seen)iis armies besieging a town on the Baltic, di eating a peace to Russia at Tilsiy,vnile another army was at the same moment menacing -Sicily with inva sion ; and do we talk of distance ? If .;tiglasid were conquered, would not her navy; which is now the first obstacle, becom e :: the ready means to transport his legions to our shores ;' unless we could be persuaded, that by sparing him that'trauble, 4tie should obtain better tents ? From the_ bravery and patriotism of our citizens, the nebiest efforts would indeed be expeeted ; but even -bravery and patriotis m ma y a t last:be crushed by numbers. Have we not reason to fear, too, that his pioneers would be readyto so .v vision, acrd deprecate resistance ? Or, can we flatter ourselves that we are the only nation he has neglected to supply with spies and traitors ? That his Ministers who" seem iustinetively to know how and whet) to, dupe imbecility, and it a llngle latent spark Of trea chery exist, are sure to strike it out, have left our country unassailed by our arts ?—Let some of oar Newspapers be examined for the answer." We have to recor4 two melancholy, accidents, which.,happened thesatne day, in two parishes ad. joining to Holderness; to two young fernile friends., On Thursday, as the, maid servant of MI. FEAR,NE, at Flinton, was milking a cow, another 'eyed on the one she was, engaged with, which slipping away, the tore-foot of the other came, with all the weight of the anima), upon the body of the young woilian, and was pressed into her bowels. When she was taken up, nearly -the whole contents , of the o t -iy came out; and, though every surgical assistance was afforded her, she languished till the next day; and died of a mortification. The.other had been on the side,of a corn' stack, forking sheaves;.. her foot slip ped, and, in coining -down, st;e fell upon the prpogs of the fork, which entered her bowels, and %Oita the. fork was withdrawn, a large pdrtion of the in testines followed ; thdy •were Carefully `feturned, and the wound securo 4l/ il but sho was not expetled is survive.